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Henry Bockman
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I'm ready to kick some butt cleaning gutters. This year I'm going to have three crews out to keep up with the jobs. Last year about killed us working 7 days a week for two months strait and booking jobs a few weeks in advance.
With three crews running we should be able to do at least 60 houses a day.
Man I love fall gutter season...
With three crews running we should be able to do at least 60 houses a day.
Man I love fall gutter season...
Clean County
New Member
Henry,
How many gutter customers do you have?? I'm guessing alot. I used to do Gutter cleaning myself and I would charge between $65-$95 per house to clean out there gutters. 60 houses a day is some serious money. My biggest $$$ per day is made doing building cleaning> Still I like your numbers
How many gutter customers do you have?? I'm guessing alot. I used to do Gutter cleaning myself and I would charge between $65-$95 per house to clean out there gutters. 60 houses a day is some serious money. My biggest $$$ per day is made doing building cleaning> Still I like your numbers
Tim Lynch
New Member
In a perfect world Henry you mite get those 20 houses a day. Are you calling one two Story as 2 houses?
Three crews 20 houses a day for 60 is going to drive you nuts.
But then again Henry mite live in a cush area with track homes similar to my area that are all single story and easy to work on and in adult seniors. Now if he adds his repeats that are easy than first time customers he may have a chance.
Good luck this year Henry! I mean it! I wish I could hire a few workers but my kids are enough to handle now than having more added to the family.
Also does anyone care to offer your experiance on customer loyalty with gutters? It seems to me that you have to educate what your doing as a professional with your customers and gutter cleaning. Not slamming a ladder against the gutter and simple things like that.
This is going to be my 2nd year advertising in the yellow pages and I am wondering if last years customers are going to re-peat so far it's working. Next week i mail my post card remiders out and hoping for the repeats.
It's getting close but not quite yet for Me in northern Ca, I hope I don't Mail to early. But to late is worse than to early I guess.
I sure enjoy the work vs busting butt all Summer on decks it's a nice change.
Three crews 20 houses a day for 60 is going to drive you nuts.
But then again Henry mite live in a cush area with track homes similar to my area that are all single story and easy to work on and in adult seniors. Now if he adds his repeats that are easy than first time customers he may have a chance.
Good luck this year Henry! I mean it! I wish I could hire a few workers but my kids are enough to handle now than having more added to the family.
Also does anyone care to offer your experiance on customer loyalty with gutters? It seems to me that you have to educate what your doing as a professional with your customers and gutter cleaning. Not slamming a ladder against the gutter and simple things like that.
This is going to be my 2nd year advertising in the yellow pages and I am wondering if last years customers are going to re-peat so far it's working. Next week i mail my post card remiders out and hoping for the repeats.
It's getting close but not quite yet for Me in northern Ca, I hope I don't Mail to early. But to late is worse than to early I guess.
I sure enjoy the work vs busting butt all Summer on decks
it's a nice change.
Henry Bockman
Member
Hey Tim,
Use magnetic business cards... they really work for getting customers to call you back.
I know 20 jobs a day per crew sounds like a lot but that's an average day for us. I've done as many as 30 by myself depending on travel time. We also do whole townhouse complexes and condos so we can actually do 150 a day in cases like that.
I currently have 10,517 total clients but we don't do everyones gutters and we don't do all of them in the fall. Some of them wait until spring, some do them 3 or 4 times a year and all year round. Some clients only have them done every other year also and others do them after fall and through the winter.
On average, it takes us about 10-13 minutes to do gutter cleaning on homes with a two man crew.. As far as travel time, we have so many clients clustered together most of of the time I'm sending a crew two a 3 mile block area.
I've been doing gutters for 15 years now so I've learned and taught my guys easier and faster ways of doing things.
When I say a house, I mean a whole house, 1, 2, or 3 stories. I know this may sound impossible to you guys but trust me, it can be done and I've even shown a couple other companies how to do it. Come on over if you like, I'll gladly show you how I do things.
Use magnetic business cards... they really work for getting customers to call you back.
I know 20 jobs a day per crew sounds like a lot but that's an average day for us. I've done as many as 30 by myself depending on travel time. We also do whole townhouse complexes and condos so we can actually do 150 a day in cases like that.
I currently have 10,517 total clients but we don't do everyones gutters and we don't do all of them in the fall. Some of them wait until spring, some do them 3 or 4 times a year and all year round. Some clients only have them done every other year also and others do them after fall and through the winter.
On average, it takes us about 10-13 minutes to do gutter cleaning on homes with a two man crew.. As far as travel time, we have so many clients clustered together most of of the time I'm sending a crew two a 3 mile block area.
I've been doing gutters for 15 years now so I've learned and taught my guys easier and faster ways of doing things.
When I say a house, I mean a whole house, 1, 2, or 3 stories. I know this may sound impossible to you guys but trust me, it can be done and I've even shown a couple other companies how to do it. Come on over if you like, I'll gladly show you how I do things.
Henry Bockman
Member
Hey Dan,
I use lotus approach for my main database It allows me to keep records of all my clients and what we have done for them and when. I also use it to keep a file on the estimates we have for each client. For example, how much to clean their siding, what kind is it. gutter cleaning price, deck cleaning, stripping, pw walkway, driveway and patios. I keep measurements of all the above and a price for it in case they want it done. Of course the clients get an estimate of all this stuff the first time we go out and they also get their roof inspected everytime we do gutters for them. We fill out a roof inspection form for them while where doing the job. For an example on what we inspect for... see my roof inspection/repar page on my website. www.henryshousework.com.
I also keep track of what type and color of roof they have and gutter color and size.
For accounting, we us peachtree complete accounting. It also acts as a database.. (Just in case) My wife and office person work with it a lot more than I do though. (My wife's an accountant)
I use lotus approach for my main database It allows me to keep records of all my clients and what we have done for them and when. I also use it to keep a file on the estimates we have for each client. For example, how much to clean their siding, what kind is it. gutter cleaning price, deck cleaning, stripping, pw walkway, driveway and patios. I keep measurements of all the above and a price for it in case they want it done. Of course the clients get an estimate of all this stuff the first time we go out and they also get their roof inspected everytime we do gutters for them. We fill out a roof inspection form for them while where doing the job. For an example on what we inspect for... see my roof inspection/repar page on my website. www.henryshousework.com.
I also keep track of what type and color of roof they have and gutter color and size.
For accounting, we us peachtree complete accounting. It also acts as a database.. (Just in case) My wife and office person work with it a lot more than I do though. (My wife's an accountant)
Henry Bockman
Member
Just in case you didn't know...
Gutter cleaning season has arrived...
After one day of miserable rains we had 30mph gusty winds today and 80% of the leaves have fallen off the trees.
If your not afraid of heights hop on the roof and get busy guys, the money train has finally arrived.
Our call volume jumped from 40 calls a day to over 100 within 24 hours.
Using past history as an example, We will be working 7 days a week for the next few months.
Man I love gutter season!!
This message will be posted on all the boards I visit, just to get the word out!
Gutter cleaning season has arrived...
After one day of miserable rains we had 30mph gusty winds today and 80% of the leaves have fallen off the trees.
If your not afraid of heights hop on the roof and get busy guys, the money train has finally arrived.
Our call volume jumped from 40 calls a day to over 100 within 24 hours.
Using past history as an example, We will be working 7 days a week for the next few months.
Man I love gutter season!!
This message will be posted on all the boards I visit, just to get the word out!
the leaves here in wisconsin have all fallen for this year and its just about turkey time .
Ive just started going full time this past year startup is a little slow but reading this thread gives me a shot of adrenaline
whats the most effective but most affordable way to get your name out there
what length of ladders and other apparatus do you reccomend for gutter cleaning?
Ive just started going full time this past year startup is a little slow but reading this thread gives me a shot of adrenaline
whats the most effective but most affordable way to get your name out there
what length of ladders and other apparatus do you reccomend for gutter cleaning?
Henry Bockman
Member
Hey Markfive,
The ladders depend upon how the houses are in your area. For example, you could get a 40' ladder and use it for everything but it's heavy as hell!
All my trucks have the following..
16' ladder
24' ladder
32' ladder
2 backpack blowers
2 tarps
hammers
plumbers snake
bb's
One of them has a 40' ladder and two guys for those really high houses.
We also carry a lot of other equipment because we do roof repairs, gutter repairs and other things.
The ladders depend upon how the houses are in your area. For example, you could get a 40' ladder and use it for everything but it's heavy as hell!
All my trucks have the following..
16' ladder
24' ladder
32' ladder
2 backpack blowers
2 tarps
hammers
plumbers snake
bb's
One of them has a 40' ladder and two guys for those really high houses.
We also carry a lot of other equipment because we do roof repairs, gutter repairs and other things.
Henry Bockman
Member
Thanks for letting me know Mike, I'll fix it tomorrow. I was planning on playing around with the website anyway. I'm going to add some new content tomorrow even though I'm not sure what yet..lol Any suggestions? You wouldnt happen to have a maintenance contract for deck restoration would you? That's something I've been meaning to put on. I've been working on one for a couple months now but I just haven't decided which one I like the best.
HeavyChevy
New Member
30 houses a day AND "playing around with the website"?!?!?Are you sleepless in Germantown?
If ever I'm in the Germantown area (I doubt it), I would DEFINITELY love to see how you clean the gutters on an "average" size house in 10-13 minutes. I suddenly feel like a snail!
If ever I'm in the Germantown area (I doubt it), I would DEFINITELY love to see how you clean the gutters on an "average" size house in 10-13 minutes. I suddenly feel like a snail!
onecallpowerw
New Member
whats wrong with 10-13 minutes
Hell, we do em in about 15 minutes. And we use power washer.
Hell, we do em in about 15 minutes. And we use power washer.
Henry Bockman
Member
Gordon is right, you can do them with a power washer in 15 minutes.. If your set up to do powerwashing already use it as an add on.
Were doing a complex in two weeks out in Baltimore. 275 units but thankfully most of them are in blocks of 7-9 units so we can just walk across the roofs. We will knock this out in one day with 3 guys.
Were doing a complex in two weeks out in Baltimore. 275 units but thankfully most of them are in blocks of 7-9 units so we can just walk across the roofs. We will knock this out in one day with 3 guys.